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S. MADSEN FARE REGISTER Feb. 28, 1928.

Filed. Oct. 29, 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet l .INVENTOR MEzM B ATTORNEY NVENTOR 777a/dm/ 'ITORNEY Feb. 28, 1928.

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s. MADSEN FARE REGISTER Filed Oct. 29, 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR "j s a MW i d w ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 28, 1928.

entree STATES SOREN MADSEN, OF ASTORIA, NEW YORK.

FARE REGISTER.

Application filed October 29, 1924. Serial No. 746,516.

This invention relates to improvements in fare registers.

One of the objects of this invention is to simplify the construction of fare registers of the portable type, to cause immediate registration upon insertion of the coin into the box and to provide means for reducing to a minimum the possibility of fraudulent tampering with the register.

Another object of my invention is to provide in a portable tare register means actuated by engagement of an inserted coin for immediately causing the simultaneous operation of a trip counter and a totalizing counter.

Still another object 01? this invention is to provide, in combination with a double registering means, a means for enabling a limited manual operation of the trip meter to turn the same to initial zero position without atfecting the figures on the totalizing counter.

Another object of my invention is to provide, in combination with a' coin-operated trip counter and means for manually resetting the same, of means for indicating the direction of travel combined with means for changing said indicating means simultaneously with the resetting movement of the said trip counter.

Another object of my invention is to provide means for locking the fare register against coin actuated operation during manual resetting of the trip meter and until the same has been completely reset to zero, thus avoiding any artial resetting or unauthorized changing of such numerals and preventing fraudulent tampering with the numbers on the trip meter, while enabling the desirable complete resetting or destruction of the numbers by the operator.

Another object of my invention is to enable the use of standard counters, and the employment of the springs therein for automatic registration of a coin.

Another object of my invention is to produce a fare register in which, when set to receive a coin, the insertion of a coin therein will release automatically-actuated registering means and simultaneously cause the movement into slot-obstructing position of a primary locking means to prevent the insertion of a second coin therein until removal or" the said locking means by the operation of resetting mechanism, and also to provide a secondary lock which Wlll lock the coin-slot of the device and prevent insertion therein of a coin during resetting of the registering means and the primary lock.

lVith these and other objects in view, he invention comprises the combination of members and arrangement of parts so combined as to co-act and cooperate with each other in the performance or the functions and the accomplishment of the results herein contemplated, and comprises in one of its adaptations the species or preferred form illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Fig. 1 is a vertical section through the outer casing showing in front elevation the interior mechanism set for insertion and registration of a coin;

Fig. 2 is an elevation at one. side of the inner mechanism shown in Fig. 1, half of the casing being removed to expose the same;

Fig. 3 is a similar view in elevation from the opposite side with the opposite half of the casing removed;

Fig. l is a vertical section similar to Fig. 1 showing the interior mechanism from the rear;

Fig. 5 is a section substantially on the line 55 of Fig. 1 showing the parts in the normal position, as shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a section similar to Fig. 5 showing the position of the parts after registration and during the resetting movement;

Fig. 7 is a view similar to 1 showing the position of the parts immediately after registration of the coin and before resetting:

ig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 5 showing the position of the parts just before the operating engagement of the coin with the registering mechanism; and

Fig. 10 is a view in side elevation of the interior mechanism with the casing removed showing the position of the parts of the trip indicator and trip counter alter the trip indicator is changed from In to Out or vice versa.

Referring now to these drawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment of my invention, C indicates an enclosing casing which is usually formed in two complementary longitudinally-split cast parts c0 which are suitably connected together in a permanent manner to enclose and prevent access to the interior mechanism of the register. Said casing C is provided atthe front side with two windows or framed openings G-C and also having at the top portion a coin insertion slot at one side a button G at the bottom portion a linger ring G and projecting bearings (J -6 for a finger-operated resett'ng plunger l Saidcasing G is also preferably provided at one side with an aperture (i to permit the projection therethrough of a resetting shaft lt for manual operation of a trip counter as hereinafter more particularly described. The casing is preferably so formed as to fit snugly about the interior mechanism so as to enclose the same-and provide a support therefor, and as shown l. also preferably attach to the interior mechanism a bracket which may be secured to the casing so as to more firmly support the interior parts'in alignment with the operating openings and parts of the casing.

The interior parts of my fare register are preferably mounted in a housing or frame ll having projecting from the upper end there of a coin slot S, and also havin connected at one side thereof two registering mechanisms 1 and 2 comprising, respectively, a trip counter 1 and totalizer 2, which are of the usual type and which are so mounted as to have their windows or indicator-open-.

ings 1-2 registering with the openings 'UC in the enclosing casing. These reglSlGliIlf mechanisms have the usual operating shaft l -2" extending at one side thereof and these two operating shafts 1 -2" are connected for joint operation to a common longitudinallydisposed arm or plate :3 by links 3 and ll respectively, one of which links, as shown, is fixed at one end to the shaft 1 and is pivoted at its opposite end on a pivot stud 3, while the other link is similarly connected between the shaft 2 and the stud to, both studs projecting from said arm or plate 5. lhe arm or plate 5 is. as illustrated, mounted to slide on the side of the casing ill and, as shown, the upper end of the plate 5 is increased in width and extends within a mounting groove or channel formed between a bracket plate 6 and the side of the casing l-l.

One of the registering mechanisms, viz, the trip meter, is springactuated, and in the position shown, the upward movement of the plate 5 will move the shafts against the action of the spring l in said registering mechanism to bring the registering mechanisms to set or registering position, and a release of the plate will cause a downward. movement thereof and an automatic registering movement by the spring within said mechanism.

ln the preferred embodiment shown the joint-operating plate 5 is provided with a hole 5 adapted to receive the hook portion 7 of a detent which is pivoted at 7 and has a rounded releasing stud portion 7 proneeovoe jecting laterally and adapted, in set position, to extend into the path of a coin X. when the latter is inserted through the casing into the coin slot S. The detent 7 is provided with a lateral projection 7 above the pivoted point, which, during the upward setting movement of the plate 5, will be engaged by a resilient arm or flat spring 5* connected to said plate 5 and arranged, upon upward movement of said plate, to engage the projection T to swing the detent about its pivot and cause the heel: portion l of the detent 7 to be swung into the opening 5 in said plate 5, and thus to latch said plate in its upper or set position. This upward movement of the plate 6 and flat spring 5 also simultaneously causes the coin-engag ing releasing stud of said detent to be moved into and resiliently and rcleasably held in the path or the coin, as aforesaid, so that the insertion of a coin will cause the lateral movement of the said releasing stud 7 against the action of the spring arm 5 to release the hook 7 from the opening 5 of the plate 5, which will thereupon be moved downwardly by the springs of the registering mechanisms and the registering mechanisms will, in such downward movement, each be caused to register a single fare.

in the preferred embodiment of my invention, an audible signal such as a bell 9 is rung simultaneously with the registration of a fare, and for this purpose the plate 5 is provided with a downward extension 5 on which is pivoted a spring-pressed dog 8, the lower enlarged end 8 (see particularly igs. l and engages the shaft 9 of a springpressed hammer or clapper 9 causing the hammer in said downward movement of the plate, to be moved away from the bell a short distance before it passes over the end of the dog and when released allowing the spring 10 to snapthe hammer 9 back against the bell and give a signal. On the upward motion of the plate 5 the spring-pressed dog 8 rides over the shaft 9 so as to cause the lower end to be moved into position for another signalling operation. As shown, said dog 8 is resiliently held in operative posi tion by a flat spring 8 fastened at one end to the extension 5 and having its free end pressing against the free end of the dog 8.

lt is desirable immediately upon the registration of a fare to lock the coin slot until the registering devices have been reset for the registration of a second coin, and in the preferred embodiment of my invention 1 loci: or obstruct the coin slot by a primary locking member and prevent insertion ofa second coin until the registering mechanism is reset. loprevent tampering by making a partial resetting movement and then holding the same in that position, ll provide, in addition to a primary loclt, a secondary loci;- ing member which moves into position upon lllil lid Ill

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the operation of the resetting mechanism and remains in such position until the completion of the movement of said resetting plunger. Thus for the purpose of providing a primary locking-member which is operable simultaneously with the registration of the coin, I provide a detent 11 which,

illustrated is pivoted adjacent to the entrance of the coin slot on the pivot 7 and has at its upper end a coin-engaging rounded stud 11 adapted to extend over the coin slot in the path of a coin. This stud 11-, in set position, is adapted to be held out of the path of the coin by engagement of the lower end .of the detent with the upper end of the plate 5. When, however, the plate 5 makes a downward registering movement the stud ll of the detent 11 is swung over to obstruct the coin slot by a spring 11 and is immediately locked in this obstructing position by a pivoted locking-bar 12 which has theretofore been held in elevated position by saidplate 5. The bar 12 is mounted on the stud 12 and has a locking notch 12 which is normally forced into latching engagement by a spring 12, thus effectively locking the detent 11 with the rounded stud or projection l1 in obstructing position over the coin slot, the said detent 11, upon release thereof by the plate 5, being moved into this slot-obstructing position by the spring 11 where it is then looked, as aforesaid, by the locking bar 12. Release of the locking connection is effected by causing the outer end of the locking bar 12 to be engaged by the upper end of the plate 5 and raised during a setting movement, thus releasing from locking engagement the lower end of the detent 11. Resetting movement of the plate 5 will not only engage the outer end of the locking bar 12 to raise the same and to release its notch from the stud 11 but will furthermore engage the lower end of the detent 11 and move the same outwardly against the action of the spring 11* into non-obstructing position. i

The register-actuating detent 7 and the slot-obstructing detent 11 are, as shown, mounted adjacent to one end of the coin slot so as to contact with the edge of the coin at one side, and I preferably provide at the opposite end of the slot a throw-down dog 13 which, in normal or set position is adapted to engage the edge of the coin at the opposite end of the slot so as to guide the coin into engagement with the register-actuating detent, to follow up the coin upon insertion and force or throw it down into the coin slot.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, the dog 18 is provided with an arouate edge, preferably of curvature similar to the coin it is desired to register, and is pivoted at 15 on the edge of the coin slot and has fixed thereto an arm 18, the lower end of which is providedwith a cylindrical antifriction stud 13 which is normally pressed and swung downwardly by a spring-pressed track 13, which causes the dog to be rocked about the pivot 13 and to follow the edge of the coin as the same is pressed inwardly and finally at the end of its movement to throw thecoin downwardly so as to cause its nose portion to extend into slot-obstructing position in the end of the slot adjacent to which it is pivoted. The spring 13 presses the track 18 downwardly and, as shown, is wound about a stud or screw 12' on which the locking arm 12 is pivoted.

The dog 13 is moved into initially set position by the provision on the plate of a track section 13 which bears on the antifriction stud 13 at the outer end of the arm 13* and which, whenthe plate 5 is elevated into set position, also causes the arm to be swung about its pivot and the dog 13 to be set in initial coin-contacting position, the arm being thus held elevated against the action of the spring-pressed track 13 and latched in such elevated position by the action of the hook T of the detent 7. This following or throw-down dog l3,'therefore, is released simultaneously with the release of the registering mechanism and is caused to press against the edge of the coin and force the same downwardly into the coin slot.

The arm or plate 5 is thus adapted to be elevated to set the parts, including the registering counters in operative position ready to receive, register and throw down a coin, and to cause the coin slot to be obstructed and to lock the obstructing member in position. The first position I shall hereinafter term the set phase. So soon as 'the single coin is inserted and release is effected the parts will as above described, move into a second or locked phase from which position it is necessary to reset by the elevation of the plate. This resetting is preferably accomplished by means of a finger-operated plunger P which moves within projecting bearings or ways C C of the casing. This resetting is preferably accomplished by providing in the path of the plunger P a spring-pressed bell-crank 14 which, as shown (see particularly Fig. 8) is pivoted at 14 and has one arm 14 extending into the path of said plunger and is pressed toward theplunger by a spring 1 r while the other arm 14 of said bell-crank engages the outer end 1.5 of another bell-cranlr which pivoted at 15 on a downwardly extending bracket it of the housing H and has its opposite end pivotally engaged with a stud 15 on the downward extension 5 of the plate 5.

it will be apparent that an inward pushing on the plunger against the arm 14 will swing the arm 14 into engagement with the end 15 of the arm 15, the opposite end of "Ail " normally held which will tor-cc theplate 5 upwardly into ion. it will be seen, therefore, that the menu movement of the plunger resets the plates and contacting members and unlocks the box and that during such inward nioveinent t the plunger, the ob structii detent 11 is removed out o1 the path of the coin and that unless provision be inside to the contrary the register niight be tampered with during l resetting -inoveinent. To avoid this possibility, the plunger l? is provided with a track 37 which, at the beginning of the resettii "IOVCiilBHt cit suid nlunger, engages a locking rod 15 Which is in tracleengnging position by means ot a spring lo and raises the some to cause the upper end ot said rod to project into the coin slot in the path ot a coin so as to etlectivcly, by secondzin'y locking n'ieinber,

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what .t shall terin ing phase or the rei .i'El V Brojecting through the casino G at the opposite side of the trip shett having knob operat" n of the trip counter under the manual control of the operator or coinluctor. In order to permit this n'ianuel control and at some time prevent fraudulent tempering meter is a resetting l which places the tithe numerals on the trip register, the said control by the conductor is limited as follows: The first portion of the resetting movement by the operator oi? the trip counter will cause a locking of the register resetting mechanism to prevent a resetting movement vhile the trip counter is being reset. 'lhe result that although the register is set by the plunger F? diately utter the registration ot a will be so set at the time of this lock so that e single coin may he registeret this resetting of the trip meter, 1 H tee-ted as t". c register will then become rocked and any s eh tore registered in the interim will be cancelled liroin the trip counter by t to resetting mover-cent thereof. in the prenng 1s "tel-red embodiment shown, this ice accomplished by mounting upon the operatirg shelt R a tooth or projection T which engages slidinsi' firm 1'? mounted in Ways ma end having an. intcrdental spece l7 with which too tooth r is adapted to en The lower end l? of the arm 17 is adapted to 6X- tend into the path. of movement of: the arm 14; and to lock the some so as to prevent the plunger from being given a resetting movement until the withdrawal of the said end 17 from the path thereof which may be acco1nplished only by such a reverse movement of the resetting shaft as will completely reset the trip counter and prevent any independ- I i l ent movement of the numerals thereof, it be in understood that the first turning clockwise of the shaft it one revolution will cause entire line of numerals to be moved together until 000 is reached, and that a complete rotation counter-clockwise ol the shaft will sin'iultaneously reset the counter for subsequent operation and repluce said shaft again in position for coupling engagement with the entire line oi nu znernls on said counter, thus avoiding independent inoveni'ent ot a single numeral and :1 consequent unauthorized tan'ipering. in order further to avoid tampering and to enable checking oi the trip counter by on insoector with. the nuniliier of passengers i a conveyance, the sett-i mechanism tor the trip counter is coupled with an indicator adopted to expose indications of the direction ct travel, such as Out and in, d means is provided tor causing the indicator to be changed from in to tint and vice versa each time the resetting .shntt of the trip counter is actuated or moved.

in the preferred embodiment shown, a disc 18 is rotatably mounted on a shaft 19 suitably connected to theside of the housin the disc 18 is prmided on the reverse side hereof with a ratchet Wheel 20, one of the ccth of which is engaged by a spring carried by the arm 17 so that upon movement oi? said arm the disc 18 will be turned the equivalent oil a sector of the disc which will cause to be exposed through a Window or opening G at one side of the casing an indicater, such as in or Out (see Fig. 4). A sgring pawl 22 is arranged at the opposite side oi": the ratchet Wheel 20 and engages the ratchetteeth upon turning to prevent backward nioveniefit thereof so that the disc Will, by the action of the spring; pawl 21, he caused to move in one direction only.

The plunger is preteinbly moved inwardly by finger pressure and is forced outwardly into resetting position by means of a spring 32 which preferably is partially enclosed by a cylindrical casing 2 l have found that the spring in the trip Vrneter is not at all times suflicient to operate the registering mechanism and to give asignal and 1 therefore preterably mount an assisting coil-spring on the side of the housing and cause one end 23 of: said spring to exert pressure ngciust 2i stud 5 on said. arm or plate 5.

The operation lowsz-- Assuming; the parts to be in the set position shown in Fig. l, the insertion o1 u coin ILinto the coin slot will cause the edge at one side of the slot to encage the dog 13 end at the opposite side to engage the actuat ing stud 7 of the detent 7. Pressure of the edge of the coin against said stud 7 Will cause a swinging oi the detent 7 about its of the device is as fol.-

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pivot, which will thereupon-cause the release of the hook 7 from the hole 5" of the plate 5, and w ll result in a downward movement of this plate and an automatic registration on the registering mechanisms. Simultaneously with this downward movement of the plate 5 the detent 11 will, throughthe operation of the spring 11 (see Fig. 7) be moved inwardly to obstruct the coin slot and also sin'iultaneously with such downward movement the spring-pressed locking arm 12, which was held in raised position by the plate 5, will be forced downwardly by its spring and will lock over the projection 11' of said detent 11 so as to lock the same in slot obstructing position. Also simultaneously with the downward movement of said plate 5 and due to the downward movement of the sectional track 13 carried thereby the arm 13 will, through downward pressure of the spring-pressed track 13", be rocked to swing the dog 13 on its pivot and thus cause a throwing of the coin downwardly into the coin slot and a subsequent projection of the nose of the dog into the said coin slot, so as to further block the same until the parts are reset, which resetting may be accomplished by the manual movement of the plunger P against the action of the spring p, it being understood that the initial movement of the plunger P will cause the track p to engage the rod 16 and cause a secondary locking and obstructing of the coin slot which will remain in such locked position until all the parts above mentioned, including the primary lock, have been reset into operative position, and furthermore until the plunger P has reached its outward limit of movement by the spring It will be seen from the above that I have produced a fare register of the portable type having means actuated by the engagement of an inserted coin for causing simultaneous operation of the trip counter and a totalizing counter; that I have also provided means for enabling an independent and limited manual operation of the trip counter so as to enable a turning of the same to initial zero position without affecting the figures on the totalizing counter; and furthermore that I'provide fare-registering means for completely enclosing one of such counters to prevent any manual operation thereof, while providing for limited manual operation of the other counter by the operator; that I have provided in combination with this coin operated trip counter and manual resetting means, an indicator for indicating the direction of travel, which indicator is changed simultaneously with the manual resetting movement of the trip counter; that I have furthermore provide-d means for lock ing the fare register simultaneously with the resetting movement of the trip counter and have maintained the same in locked position until the trip counter is rest to zero, thus avoiding any partial resetting or unauthorized changing of the numerals on the trip counter and preventing fraudulent tampering therewith, while putting the desirable'complete resetting or destruction of the numbers on such trip meter under the control. of the operator; that I have also produced a fare register having three successive positions and phases of operation, viz, first,a set' or operative phase in which the registering counters are in operative position'and the parts are set to compel the coin uponinsertion to engage and release a countencontrolling detent, to cause automatic registration of the coin and simultaneously to lock a primary obstructing detcnt; second, the locked phase in which the registering counters are in inoperative position and the primary locking detent is in slot obstructing position, and third, the resetting phase in which a manually actuated resetting plunger at the beginning of its movement first-moves a secondary locking and obstructing member into obstructing position in the coin slot and then during its subsequent movement resets the counters and counter-controlling detent, releases from lock ng engagement and resets the primary locking detent, and thereafter at the termination of its movement causes the release of said secondary locking or slot obstructing member by a spring and thus to put the box into its set phase for registration of another coin.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. A fare register of the portable type, embodying a casing having an opening for the insertion of a single coin, a trip counter and a totalizing counter mounted within said casing and having shafts arranged in parallelism,-a movable operating member having a connection with each shaft, a spring for imparting movement to said op erating member and to said shafts for registering a coin, and a movable detent forholding said member from operating movement, said detent being releasable by the manual movement of a coin through said insertion opening to cause an automatic registration thereof.

2. A fare register of the portable type, embodying a casing having an opening for the insertion of a single coin, a trip counter and a totalizing counter mounted within said casing and having parallel shafts, a movable operating member having a connection with each shaft, a spring for imparting movement to said operating member and to said shafts for registering a coin, and a movable detent for holding said member from operating movement, said detent being releasable by the manual movement of a coin through said insertion opening to cause an automatic registratien thereof, and

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means for manually resetting said detent after each operation by a coin.

it fare register of the portable type, embodying an enclosing casing having a slot for the insertion of a single coin, a trip counter and a totalizing counter mounted Within and enclosed by said casing and having parallel shafts, a movable operating member having a connection With each shaft, a spring for imparting movement to said operatii'ig member and to said shaft-s for registering a coin, and a movable detent for holding said member from operating movement, said detent being releasable by the manual movement of a coin through said insertion slot to cause an automatic registration thereof, said trip counter having the opposite end of its shaft extending through the casing and provided with means for manually resetting said trip counter= t, it. fare register of the portable type, embodying an enclosing casing having a slot for the insertion of a single coin, a trip counter and a totalizing counter mounted Within and enclosed-by said casing and having parallel shafts, a movable operating member having a connection With each shaft, 2, spring for imparting movement to said operating member and to said shafts for registering a coin,'and a movable detent for holding said member from operating movement, said detent being releasable by the manual movement of a coin through said insertion slot to cause an automatic registration thereof, said trip counter having the opposite end of its shaft extending through the casing and provided With means for manually resetting said trip counter and a trip indicator coupled with said counterresetting means to compel. joint operation thereof.

h. A fare register of the portable type embodying a casing having a slot for the insertion of a coin, a coin chute arranged belovv said slot, registering mechanism mount-- ed Within said casing, means releasable by a coin inserted Within said chute to releasably retain said mechanism in operative position, primary means movable sin'iultaneously with the release of said registering mechanism for obstructing and locking the coin chute, manually movable means for resetting the parts in operative position and a secondary locking means operativeduring the move ment of said resetting means to prevent insertion of a coin during such movement.

6. A fare register of the portable type, embodying an enclosing casing having a slot for the insertion of a single coin, a trip counter and a totalizing counter mounted Within and enclosed by said casing and hav ing parallel shafts, a movable operating member having a connection with each shaft, a spring for imparting movement to said operating member and to said shafts for registering a coin, and a movable dctent for holding said member from operating movement, said detent being releasable by the manual movement of a coin through said insertion slot to cause an automatic registration thereof, said trip counter having the opposite end of its shaft extending through the casing and provided With means for manually resetting said trip counter, means for manually resetting said detent after each operation by a coin, and means operated by said manually actuated counter-resetting means for preventing the resetting move ment of said detent during a complete counter-changing and resetting movement thereof. V v p r In Witness whereof, I have signed my name to the foregoing specification,

SUREN MADSiEll. 

